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Virtual Earth platform is a set of services that will allow you to create applications enabling your users to interact visually with very complex information. Virtual Earth combines rich imagery and quality geospatial data to integrate location data into business solutions. Virtual Earth offers reliable support and flexibility to your customized solutions by using tools such as Map Cruncher and virtual Earth Interactive SDK.

Features:

Bird's eye view imagery: This feature is exclusive to this satellite program. Using this software, users will be getting views of world locations, giving insight of 'what it is like there'. This bird's eye view imagery is indeed very popular especially with real estate sites and travel sites because users can easily obtain a view of the house or location.

Aerial Imagery: Enjoy aerial images of high resolution from best imagery providers.

3D Imagery: View photorealistic, 3 dimensional views of landscapes and buildings.

Map Data: You can access all regions and countries that are supported using a single API.

Map Rendering: Get adjustable fonts of 33 map styles for labeling, the ability of displaying maps in resolutions that are up to 2000 x 2000 dpi, in addition support for *.wbmp, *.png and *.gif file formats.

Proximity Search: Returns a unique list of points that is based on proximity to a given location. You can explore flexible ways for searching additional points along the specified route.

Geocoding: Using this feature obtain accurate locations of places around the world. Through the integration of multiple datasets and geocoders, with MapView, culture, and reverse IP, to get the most accurate and relevant results.

Driving Directions: You will be provided optimized driving directions along with instructions or can travel distances with world wide, place to place routing.

Multipoint Routing: You can improve driver efficiency or optimize travel schedules by implementing virtual Earth multipoint routing and trip planner.

Map Drawing and Annotation: You can easily modify and customize polylines, pushpins, and polygons. It is also possible to customize transparencies of shapes, line widths, and colors. You also can customize tile and shape layers and add information boxes and GeoRSS feeds.

Localization: Virtual Earth API supports driving directions and localized maps in over 13 languages including Japanese.

Flexible Platform: Virtual Earth platform is continuously improving its flexibility and its ease of use. It is taking necessary steps to expand its coverage.

Advantages of Virtual Earth: Using Virtual Earth platform, you can easily deliver highly immersive and visual applications. Your users can visualize and explore rich sets of very complex information.

Reliability: Virtual Earth has been primarily designed for enterprise users. The platform provides detailed and reliable information along with the service level agreements that guarantee 99.9% uptime.

Manage Costs: Now it is possible to decrease your financial investment. As Microsoft is hosting virtual Earth software, there is no need of investing lot of money in infrastructure for supporting your mapping solution.

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